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mortal networkers and personal branders !!

I really suck at networking and have not given it the due dilgence it required of me. This is a good article for those who feel the same as me !!

Always offer to help someone even it you don’t know how to do it. Levitan never turns someone in need down, and if she can’t help, will find someone who can.
• Give selflessly. “When you help someone,” says Levitan, “don’t expect you’ll get something back. While some people will return the favor and others won’t, the important thing is that you’ll feel good making a difference in someone’s life. And I guarantee over time you will see it returned in spades.”
• Don’t forget people. Levitan is always finding ways to help people in her vast network and finding reasons to stay in touch.
• Be clear when you ask for help. “Don’t be frivolous when you reach out to meet people,” advises Levitan. "Give people a valid reason why you want to connect with them."

Death Threats!!

I have always tracked abnormal behaviour within the Net. Early indictors can lead to some distrubing consequences. Just like " Kimveer Gill who includes a photo of a tombstone with his name printed on it - below it the phrase: "Lived fast died young. Left a mangled corpse." This was the story at Dawson College.

Today, its become a bigger issue after I read and followup on the Kathy story. Threats, trolling and worse seem to be an inate part of the blogosphere, but it should be take seriously. These are early warning of dysfunctional people.

Can someone tell me what this is ?? 

Many Special Messages from RageBoy^®
that due to certain legal considerations,
never appear on the website at all!!!

Isn't that terrific?

What is terrific ??  he started one blog, which was removed, then he started another, which was removed. I kinda feel that something  fishy happening here and Mr.RageBoy is not coming clean !!

"Ethan Kaplan of blackrimglasses has some thoughts about anonymity and cyberspace and its effect on behaviour. Danah Boyd of apophenia reflects on her own experience with cyber-bullying, and Hugh McLeod of Gaping Void has some thoughts as well, as does Karoli at Odd Time Signatures, and Cynthia Brumfield at IPDemocracy." [Via : Matt].

Its good to see the good old blogsphere kick back try to bring this into the fore front. I wonder if those who posted threats and pics' can be held for liable under criminal justice procesess ?

Update : "Should people fear becoming too public both online and offline, because they might open themselves to attacks?" -  A good question in the making

 

War Games in Progress ?

I was one of the first peeps that picked up the Chatter on the 15 POW of Iran.  I immediatly twittered it !!

Today, I am seeing a massive War Games in play. The US is givine out a sow of power play.  This is going to be serious as the US have always been after IRan. British POW is just am opportunity for them to target Iran.

The World is become a disaster and the middle east is beginning to explode.. so much for war games. I think its time that people ready to be prep'ed for a WWIII !!

Chindia ?

First time I am running across a term "Chindia" - A combo of China and India in the  landscape of economies termonlogy. I pulled this term because there is  some heavy food shortage in the coming months due to weather conditions  This will impact inflation.

next gen Leadership

The great leaders of the future will absolutely know technology. Not from a geeky perspective, but from a practical business approach.
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I'm talking about developing the strategy, recruiting and developing the people to implement strategy, developing the culture and communicating all of the above. Those are the four things a CEO does.
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The point I'm making is that what gets an executive into technology is not a love for the technology. That's the exception. It's understanding what technology can do to achieve personal or business goals. Any CEO who is goodwill grasp what technology can do to enable their business strategy, achieve their productivity goals, their cost savings, enable their movement into new markets. They'll absolutely use it.

Via : An interview of Cisco's John Chambers by USA Today:

The new Cold War in progress !!

Speaking in the State Duma today, Sergey Ivanov, the defense minister, mentioned some details of the 2007-2015 armament program.

Ivanov was reported as saying that by 2015 the Rocket Forces will receive "tens of silo-based missiles and more than 50 road-mobile ones". This is generally consistent with the earlier reports of 69 new Topol-M missiles by 2015, although it would be great if the information about the plans were more specific. Given that by the end of 2006 the Rocket Forces had 42 silo-based Topol-Ms and three mobile ones, earlier projection of about 100 Topol-Ms by 2015 seems about right, even though it appears to look more like 110 or even 120 missiles now - 60+ in silos and 50+ in garages. [source]

Russia is not quietly back down on thier missle technology deployement. Are we seeing a new cold war in the making ?

HatTip : ArmControlWonk.

questions and responses from real court hearings.

Scribd is What People say in Court, real questions and responses from real court hearings. Here's a couple of teasers;

Q:  What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

    A:  Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

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Q:  So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

    A:  Yes.

    Q:  And what were you doing at that time?

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Q:  Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

    A:  No.

    Q:  Did you check for blood pressure?

    A:  No.

    Q:  Did you check for breathing?

    A:  No.

    Q:  So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began
          the autopsy?

    A:  No.

    Q:  How can you be so sure, Doctor?

    A:  Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

    Q:  But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?

    A:  It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

Nie site ..

Wierd Update Notification !!

What's this notice doing at the top left hand corner of my of my screen eh ?? Kinda one of one errors that happen in the Windows world !! :)-

Purina.Ca Customer service

Purina needs to have a little bit more consideration for those with pets and the issue of "killer pet food" I just called into their 1-800# and find that the Customer service staff have closed for the day. I think that's sad, as customers  need to  talk to directly to a person / rep of the company during such a recall. Secondly, this is a crisis / incident  and I am pretty sure that they can staff customer service peeps on a 24/hr basis. At least, till  this all blows over and recall completes. I spent, like 45  minutes researching ad making sure Mr.Socks was not getting bad chow. and gourmet stuff tonight.  Poor bugger did not know why I was not feeding him, when I got home !!

Update : I just spoke to their PR Specilist Jenine LaFayette, PR Communications Specialist, Nestlé Purina PetCare and they are doing all that they can to  support customer calls. Kudos to Jenine for to taking the time to explain and statisfy my concerns and questions. She will pass along my suggestion of a 24x7 service, (during crisis mode)- hopefully this will help other peeps too !!

Update#2 : Click on the links below for details from the manufacturers of brands, flavors and production batches affected by the recall.

Menu Foods -- cat products ;  Menu Foods -- dog products, Del Monte -- cat and dog products,
Hill's Prescription Diet -- cat products, Purina -- dog products, Sunshine Mills -- dog products

 

Class A Sale-nitemare !!

OK I logged into my Long standing (overdue) account to check my status and try to make a sales of my holdings of UPS.  They partner with melloninvestor.com . Now comes the headaches;

1)Site does not support FireFox only IE6 and above to be used.
2) Multiple errors while resetting my defaults like phone, email etc.
3) Their Form does not accept the Canadian Banking details (Aka routing details).
4) Customer Service Phone Call goes in one endless loop, cant reach a person !
5) Information indicates that I have shares in » E-mail UPS ; » E-mail MetLife ; » E-mail Microsoft , what the heck is Metlife ?? yeah and  who wants MSFT shares --  and NO I don't have MSFT under this folio, so why clutter my folio with this junk info ?

So this is becoming a nightmare for me to get rid of of my shares of UPS.  Usability of the site is crazy, not user friendly at all. Information needs to be repeated on the web forms practically every second page. I really wonder how companies manage to get away with this type of service to generic public.   

Is anyone else having the same experinces in canada with melloninvestors ? Care to share your story in the comments ?